A Different Home: A New Foster Child's Story
Illustrator
Norma Jeanne Trammell
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication Year
2014
ISBN
9781849059879
Pages
47 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Jessie is placed in foster care, she finds it difficult at first but slowly begins to like her new home. First person recount. Story is designed to help children aged 4-10 to settle into care. Includes notes for foster parents.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Foster care; foster home; foster family; foster parents; foster child
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Black
Family Formation
foster mother and father
Keywords
new foster home; worries; anxiety; questions; new home; new family; adjustment
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
DeGarmo, John and DeGarmo, Kelly, "A Different Home: A New Foster Child's Story" (2014). Diverse Families. 8.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/8